Side-curtain supporter.



H. T. & c. T. SONDERUP. SIDE CURTAIN SUPPOBTEE. APPLICATION FILED JULY13,1910.

1,005,665. Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

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SONDERUP, OF ST. PAUL, NEBRASKA.

SIDE-CURTAIN SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

Application filed July 13, 1910. Serial No. 571,842.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY T. SoNDnRUr and CHRIST T. SoNDEnUr, citizensof the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Howard,State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSide-Curtain Supporters; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to side curtain supporters for buggies and hasfor an object to provide a device for preventing the curtain fromsagging when in use, this device being foldable upon itself so as topermit of the curtain being folded upon itself and then wrapped aboutthe device so as to take up a minimum amount of space when stored.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specificationz-Figure1 is a front elevation of a curtain equipped with our improved device.Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the device. Fig. 3 is an endelevation of the device folded.

Referring now to the drawing, the reference numeral 10 designates a sidecurtain, the same being equipped adjacent its edges with button-holes 11for securing the curtain to buttons carried by the buggy top. Straps 12are secured to the rear edge of the curtain for securing the curtain tothe rear braces of the buggy top. This curtain is of the ordinaryconstruction and forms no part of the present invention.

The curtain'support comprising the subject matter of this inventionconsists of a plurality of flat bars 13, each bar being equipped uponits side face adjacent one end with a pair of spaced hinge lugs let,between which a hinge lug 15 carried by the mating end of the adjacentbar is inserted, a pivot pin 16 being passed through the hinge lugs topivotally secure the parts together. The hinge lugs all project from thesame side of the bars and it will be noted that the interfitting hingelugs between one of the outer bars and intermediate bar is considerablyelongated so that the pivot pin carried by these lugs is disposed agreater distance from the adjacent side faces of the bars than the pivotpin carried by the interfitting hinge lugs of the other outer bar andintermediate bar. By this construction the outer bar having its pivotpin disposed adjacent to the side face of the bar, may be folded uponthe intermediate bar, and then the outer bar having its pivot disposedremote from the side face of the bar may be folded upon the folded outerbar as shown in Fig. 3 to permit of the device being stored in a minimumamount of space. The bars are each equipped with rivet openings 17through which and the curtain, rivets 18 are passed to secure thecurtain to the rods. The supporter above described is arranged upon theinner face of the curtain with the hinge lugs turned toward the interiorof the buggy top so that no obstructing projections are presented tolacerate the curtain'when the supporter is in applied position. Aplurality of lugs 19 are riveted or otherwise secured as shown at 20 tothe supporter and are provided adjacent their free extremities withsuitable openings to receive rivets 21 which pass through the curtainand secure the curtain to the lugs. These depending lugs prevent theupper edge of the curtain vibrating violently enough to tear the curtainfrom the rivets carried by the supporter, as might be the case werethese lugs dispensed with.

It will be noted that when the curtain is buttoned to the buggy top thatthe supporter is arranged above the buttons and will be arranged at sucha height above these buttons as to be supported upon the shanks of thebuttons, the buttons thus bearing the weight of the supporter so thatthe curtain will not be strained by this weight when the curtains aresecured to the buggy top.

Referring to Fig. 3 it will be noted that in folding the supporter oneof the outer sections is folded upon an inner section and then themating outer section is folded bodily upon the folded outer section. Bythis manner of folding the supporter the curtain is folded from itsouter edges inwardly upon itself and may then be wrapped about thefolded sections forming a compact end roll for storing.

What is claimed is An attachment for vehicles comprising outer bars andan intermediate bar having interfitting hinge lugs at their confrontingends, said hinge lugs projecting from the same side faces of the bars,pivot pins passed through said interfitting lugs, the hinge lugs betweenone of said outer bars and the intermediate bar being elongated wherebythe pivot pin carried by these lugs is disposed a greater distance fromthe adjacent side faces of the hinged bars than the pivot pin carried bythe interfitting lugs of the other outer bar and intermediate bar, topermit of one of said outer bars being folded upon edge to said bars,and foldable upon itself 10 during folding movement of said bars.

In testimony whereof, We aflix our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

HENRY T. SONDERUP. CHRIST T. SONDERUP.

said intermediate bar, and the other outer \Vitnesses: bar being thenfolded bodily upon the E. A. MiNnR, folded outer loar a curtain securedat one C. BRADLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

